17
people attending
John
Gould led the meeting.
Starting notes:
John Feemster has his MX operating in Marina. Also
has his Quicksilver 500 under repair.
Hangars are available in Hollister. 3600 sq. ft.
each.
1.
Ground
School starts next Tuesday night (22nd) at Nice Air, on RHV airport.
Larry Reed will teach, and the class will run for 12 weeks. Books & supplies
will cost $150 or so.
2.
2002
calendar. We’re working on it. Flight lessons? Fly-outs. Possible use of a
float plane in the Delta for a day.
3.
Hangars.
77 hangars will be built at Q99 in about a year. The waiting list has been
thrown out. Now a lottery system.
4. Sport Pilot classification will be defined soon. When it pops, check this site: http://www.sportpilot.org/.
5. Deke presented the first of a Tech Forum. Today’s was on radio communication with lots of good information on equipment and how to use it. Very important item: You need to sound like a pilot.
6. Tim Shea gave a presentation, with pictures, of his project. He is currently building a Rans S-18 2-place trainer. Check his website at www.tim-shea.com.
7. Paul Anderson talked about his visit to Earthstar, home of the Thundergull, near Santa Margarita and his introduction to the Thundergull 2000. He showed his video -- now we all want one. Earthstar’s website: http://www.fix.net/~mbert/gull.html.
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Vaughn
McIlrath